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Discourse in Signed Languages /

In this volume, editor Cynthia B. Roy presents a stellar cast of cognitive linguists, sociolinguists, and discourse analysts to discover and demonstrate how sign language users make sense of what is going on within their social and cultural contexts in face-to-face interactions. In the first chapter...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Collectivité auteur: Project Muse
Autres auteurs: Roy, Cynthia B., 1950-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, 2011
Collection:Sociolinguistics in deaf communities series ; v. 17.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Pt. I. Depiction in discourse. The body in scene depictions / Paul Dudis
  • Identifying depiction: constructed action and constructed dialogue in ASL presentations / Mary Thumann
  • Pt. II. Cohesion in discourse. The discourse and politeness functions of HEY and WELL in American Sign Language / Jack Hoza
  • Referring expressions in ASL discourse / Laurie Swabey
  • Pt. III. Coherence in discourse. Register, discourse, and genre in British Sign Language (BSL) / Christopher Stone
  • Revisiting the conduit metaphor in American Sign Language / Daniel Roush
  • Pt. IV. Discourse in Native American Sign Language. Discourse features of American Indian Sign Language (AISL) / Jeffrey E. Davis.